This article describes feeling like a fraud once in a new role as an advanced practice nurse. It also speaks to how this is a normal feeling and suggests different ways to cope with these feelings to make the transition easier.
The transition of newly graduated nurse practitioners (NPs) into practice can be challenging for the employer and the NPs. A new-graduate residency model for NPs along with evaluative criteria is presented from a primary care setting. Residency models are of benefit for new-graduate NPs to ease the transition to practice and promote patient care quality, and nurse retention, and satisfaction.
This is an excellent overview of NP history and practice changes written by Arlene W. Keeling PhD, RN, FAAN. It includes a historical narrative for the NP role that includes key figures (Lillian Wald, Mary Breckenridge, Loretta Ford) with seminal legislation, challenges to the practice, and future implications.
